Mario Diaz de León lives in New York City, where his activities include composing chamber music for instruments and electronics, collaborating with Jay King in the audiovisual duo King/Diaz de León, presenting solo performances, and performing in the band Symbol. He is currently pursuing his doctorate in composition at Columbia University, where he studies with George Lewis. His collaborative and solo work has been featured in performances and exhibitions at Roulette, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, MUSAC (León, Spain), Paris London New York (Brooklyn), Merkin Concert Hall, Museo Reina Sofia (Madrid), Issue Project Room, The Weisman Art Museum (Minneapolis), Franklin Art Works (Minneapolis), The Stone (NYC), Tarantula Hill (Baltimore), Rose Studio at Lincoln Center, The Juilliard School, Rice University (Houston), and many clubs and alternative art spaces around the US. He is a recipient of the 2005 Meet the Composer/Van Lier Fellowship, Columbia University's Faculty Fellowship, and a winner of ICE's 21st Century Young Composers Project.
Gotham Obamans want you to Barack what your momma gave ya! Head to Sapphire Lounge on Wednesday, April 9 for the exclusive, first ever, muy caliente edition of Freedom Funk, a new Obama fundraiser that's sure to put the sheen in your fro and soul in your glow! Fifteen dollars gets you past the bouncer and goes directly to Obama's campaign. DJ Morsy of Brooklyn's Nanachill will spin his signature blend of disco funk, while Witnes, back from his jaunt to Miami's Winter Music Conference, will get the dance floor nice with '60s soul grooves and stomping Motown beats. We've also got drank—Bamakazee shots—that will sock it to ya all night long! Arrive early and we'll also treat you to two for one well drinks, 10-11pm. Sound like a plan? Meet us there!
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Gotham Obamans present: Freedom Funk Vol. 1
Where: Sapphire Lounge in the Lower East Side When: April 9, 10-2/3am Who: DJ Morsy Nanachill. com Witnes Quickwits. blogspot. com Myspace. com/witnes Dress: To impress. Why: To keep hope alive!
$15 MINIMUM donations taken at the door. NO RSVP 21+ ONLY Bamakazee shots all night!
Hey, thank you for accepting the request. Your music is... so... is there one adjective to describe a thing that inspires the mind to create stories, images, and leads one through a series of states and emotions?
Either way, whether there's one word to encompass all that or not, what I wrote up there: that's what I think of what I heard!
Oh my Ossio... Mine eyes have seen the glory. Next time we'll meet halfway . . . neatly tucked between this world and our subconscious. The Aboriginal Dream-Space explains the simultaneous existence of our other self and the passage our forefathers have taken. Mister has learned Astral Projection and how to speak in the third person. For more information view Altered States or just close your eyes and think of me as your familiar.
hey mario, i miss you too. your music sounds beautiful. i spent all of a recent morning listening to your two newest albums. thank you for the deepness. let's get together soon!
hey..yeah man, that show was amazing. definitely my favorite show of the tour so far. all the acts were amazing. wish we could've gotten the chance to do a trade. i don't know if layne sent you the recordings but here are mp3s of everyone but the first band:
the cutest puppy in the world - http://download.yousendit.com/BD61570D7C8E7443
tusk lord - http://download.yousendit.com/2881941810AF9FC0
mario diaz de leon - http://download.yousendit.com/A0F6C3116EF1A01A
mike tamburo - http://download.yousendit.com/CCF75AD261623999
dear dear mario~~~ i was thinking about you the other day, which of course i've done on other days as well (hehe), and I just wanted to wish you very sweet summer days! I hope you are doing really well and enjoy yourself with music and all that comes together to make up life~~~ take care!
Mario! i was listening to Chopin's ballade no.2 when i opened your page and it goes very nicely with your "Drops of Rain". just thought you'd like to know.
okay, and we weren't there. horrible. I was so looking forward to seeing you two, and I went down for my nap, and did not wake up until it was too late...but, in an effort to make up for my nap, my profile song is just for you. Stop holding out on that video, man. The world wants to see it. Or I just really do.
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